Morinda royoc L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Morinda royoc L.

  • Description

    Species Description - A shrub, 3 m. high or less, with slender straggling branches, or a vine up to 7 m. long, glabrous or very nearly so throughout. Leaves oblong to obi. oblanceolate, thin, but somewhal fleshy, 5-10 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate al the base, darkening in drying, the petioles 5-10 mm. long, the broad persistent stipules subulate-tipped; flowers white or pinkish, in axillary, short peduncled heads; corolla 6-8 mm. long. its lobes shorter than the tube; syncarp subglobose, 8 - 25mm in diameter, yellow.

  • Discussion

    Coastal rocky plains. Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros and Eleuthera : Florida ; Cuba: Hispaniola; Jamaica; Bonaire; Curacao; Ami.a: South Mexico i" Colombia; recorded from Bermuda. Called Rhubarb. Wild Mulberry

  • Distribution

    Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros and Eleuthera : Florida ; Cuba: Hispaniola; Jamaica; Bonaire; Curacao; Aruba, South Mexico to Colombia; recorded from Bermuda.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Jamaica South America| Bonaire South America| Curaçao South America| Aruba South America| New Mexico United States of America North America| Amazonas Colombia South America| Bermuda South America|